| algin | (noun) a gum used especially as a thickener or emulsifier | Synonyms: alginic acid |
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| begin | (verb) take the first step or steps in carrying out an action | Synonyms: commence, get, get down, set about, set out, start, start out |
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| (verb) set in motion, cause to start | Synonyms: commence, lead off, start |
| (verb) begin to speak or say | - |
| (verb) begin to speak, understand, read, and write a language | - |
| (verb) achieve or accomplish in the least degree, usually used in the negative | - |
| (verb) begin an event that is implied and limited by the nature or inherent function of the direct object | Synonyms: start |
| (verb) have a beginning, in a temporal, spatial, or evaluative sense | Synonyms: start |
| (verb) be the first item or point, constitute the beginning or start, come first in a series | - |
| (verb) have a beginning characterized in some specified way | Synonyms: start |
| (verb) have a beginning, of a temporal event | - |
| biggin | (noun) a child's tight-fitting cap; often ties under the chin | - |
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| gin | (noun) a form of rummy in which a player can go out if the cards remaining in their hand total less than 10 points | Synonyms: gin rummy, knock rummy |
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| (noun) a machine that separates the seeds from raw cotton fibers | Synonyms: cotton gin |
| (noun) a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose | Synonyms: noose, snare |
| (noun) strong liquor flavored with juniper berries | - |
| (verb) trap with a snare | - |
| (verb) separate the seeds from (cotton) with a cotton gin | - |
| margin | (noun) an amount beyond the minimum necessary | - |
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| (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, leeway, tolerance |
| (noun) the blank space that surrounds the text on a page | - |
| (noun) the amount of collateral a customer deposits with a broker when borrowing from the broker to buy securities | Synonyms: security deposit |
| (noun) (finance) the net sales minus the cost of goods and services sold | Synonyms: gross profit, gross profit margin |
| (noun) the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary | Synonyms: border, perimeter |
| noggin | (noun) informal terms for a human head | Synonyms: attic, bean, bonce, dome, noodle |
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| origin | (noun) properties attributable to your ancestry | Synonyms: descent, extraction |
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| (noun) the point of intersection of coordinate axes; where the values of the coordinates are all zero | - |
| (noun) an event that is a beginning; a first part or stage of subsequent events | Synonyms: inception, origination |
| (noun) the hereditary derivation of an individual | Synonyms: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock |
| (noun) the place where something begins, where it springs into being | Synonyms: beginning, root, rootage, source |
| (noun) the source of something's existence or from which it derives or is derived | - |
| pidgin | (noun) an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages | - |
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| reagin | (noun) an immunoglobulin E that is formed as an antibody against allergens (such as pollen); attaches to cell membranes causing the release of histamine and other substances responsible for the local inflammation characteristic of an allergy | - |
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| smidgin | (noun) a tiny or scarcely detectable amount | Synonyms: iota, scintilla, shred, smidge, smidgen, smidgeon, tittle, whit |
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| virgin | (adjective) in a state of sexual virginity | Synonyms: pure, vestal, virginal, virtuous |
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| (adjective) being used or worked for the first time | - |
| (noun) a person who has never had sex | - |